Meet “El Sam – el tucántor” – Sam the singing Toucan! Sam is a Chestnut mandibled Toucan: The chestnut-mandibled toucan or Swainson’s toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii) is a subspecies of the yellow-throated toucan which breeds from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia to western Ecuador. Source: WikiPedia Sam is native in Mindo and can often be heard in the tree tops with his friends singing…

On the 30th of November our youngsters enjoyed a trip to a wonderful local organic estate. After a long walk and a spot of gardening they were able to pick and eat some tomatoes and parsnips. Thank you to Jaime Berón for inviting us!

Last Friday, the smallest children at SALEM Ecuador participated in a special art project which helps the children to express their feelings in a peaceful way.

Last Friday at the monthly conviviencia we had planned an “Olympic Games” with lots of different events. Unfortunately rain stopped play. In fact it didn’t rain it poured…

Last week we started to take the children Inline Skating again. The children arrive at around 12:30 for lunch and the first 4 or 5 to finish get to go skating. Even though we only go skating on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Children absolutely love skating and would spend all day every day at the…